US-backed airstrikes leave Ecuador border communities in fear

A US-backed crackdown on drug cartels along the Ecuador-Colombia border has sparked accusations that security forces bombed ...

Ecuador deploys 75,000 soldiers to crime-ridden provinces under nightly curfew

Interior Minister John Reimberg said Monday that Ecuadorian troops used authorized artillery to destroy three identified ...

U.S., Ecuador carry out joint anti-drug strikes, video shows

U.S. and Ecuadoran forces conducted "lethal kinetic operations" inside Ecuador to combat drug trafficking in the South ...

Leader of Ecuador's Los Lobos crime group arrested in Mexico City

By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY, March 18 (Reuters) - A leader of Ecuador’s Los Lobos crime group was arrested at Mexico City’s ...

Ecuador readies a major offensive on criminal groups with US logistical support

Ecuador will launch a major offensive against criminal organizations in three western provinces this weekend with logistical support from the United States, the interior minister said Wednesday.
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Ecuador’s Netanyahu and Trump supporters target Ecuadorian–Iranian Cultural Center

Wars no longer have defined frontlines. Battlefields can be anywhere those in power decide that a neighbor, due to their ...
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Is it Safe to Travel to Ecuador? The Latest on US Military Operations

The US and Ecuador announced a joint military effort targeting drug trafficking and organized crime. These are the affected regions, plus tips from travel specialists on the ground.

Why Ecuador Invited the U.S. Military to Help With Its Drug Gangs

Drug gangs have turned the South American country into one of the most dangerous in the region and the world’s leading exporter of cocaine.
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Ecuador: Government Defies Court-Ordered Oil Ban

Ecuador is failing to comply with key provisions of an Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling to protect the Tagaeri and ...